Washington Huskies Statistical Summary: Women Get Third Straight Road Win Against Northridge

Many teams would be happy to have three straight road wins.

But with their dominant 73-55 win at Cal St. Northridge last night, the Washington Huskies have won three straight road games for the first time in head coach Tia Jackson's tenure.

Huskies Carve Up Matadors, 73-55, In Third Straight Victory - University of Washington Official Athletics Site
The third straight win for the Huskies (4-2) gives them a surge of momentum heading into an upcoming five-game home stand, which begins on Sunday with another Big West Conference foe in UC Riverside, an NCAA Tournament team last season.

"Most enjoyable thing is going 3-0 in the last three games," said Coach Tia Jackson. "That's what I told the kids coming out of the locker room. Really, really proud of their effort, especially since we had to go on the road to do it."

As might have been predictable, the key to the game was turnovers.

Key statistic: turnovers

Northridge had 26 turnovers on the game (turning it over on 38% of their possessions) while Washington turned it over 14 times (21.41%). Put really simply, it's difficult to win games when you're turning it over on nearly 40% of your possessions and it killed CSUN. The majority of the damage was done in the first half.

Turnovers Costly in Matadors' Loss to Huskies - CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE
The opening act of Wednesday's contest was not too kind to Northridge. The Matadors trailed 38-20 at halftime after shooting 4-of-20 (20 percent) from the field and turning the ball over 17 times. Those miscues translated into 24 first-half points for the Huskies, who jumped out to a 24-8 lead 11 minutes into the game.

Washington statistical MVP: Kristi Kingma

Kingma was reportedly not pleased with her game overall, but her team-high 21 points and solid free throw rate of 33% (5-for-6) was key to the win.

Northridge statistical MVP: Janelle Nomura

Nomura and center Jasmine Erving pretty much carried Northridge, accounting for nearly 80% of the team's overall production. Although Nomura only shot 1-for-5, she got to the free throw line 12 times and hit 10 which gave her a team-high true shooting percentage of 63% and a team-high 12 points.

Key player: Sarah Morton

As might have been expected, Morton wasn't able to get 20 points in consecutive games. But she did have a game-high five assists as well as four steals.